Internet Investors Group seeks to acquire an established profitable web-based subscription business.
BUSINESS ACQUISITION CRITERIA:
– Business must be 100% web-based. That is, it must produce all its revenues online via e-commerce or advertising.
– Business must be at least 5 years old
– Business ...

What is a rollup?
A rollup is when one business acquires one or more other businesses and integrates these acquisitions into its business operations.
Compared to traditional businesses, the Internet is a great place for rollups because it can be relatively easy ...

So, you're looking to sell your website, the buyer has performed all necessary due diligence, you have finalized all negotiations, and now both parties are ready to sign a formal binding website purchase agreement.
Congratulations are in order as you are ...

As a rule of thumb, most website sale transactions over $100,000 are rarely all-cash deals. This rule is not set in stone. But generally, over $100,000, the website seller offers some form of financing to the website buyer. This ...

The reason for doing any merger or acquisition should be simple. Don't complicate the basic idea. You don't need a complex idea to justify your M&A transaction. Keep it simple.
Many buyers try to over-complicate the strategy behind an M&A deal because ...

Every business is unique. Therefore, every merger or acquisition transaction between any 2 or more businesses will inevitably be unique. There are a myriad of ways that any M&A deal can be structured.
However, the ultimate objective is simple: To structure a ...

A reverse merger is a process in which a privately-held company can go public without the high expense and complexities of a traditional initial public offering (IPO).
In a reverse merger, a private company merges with a publicly-listed company.
The publicly-traded entity is sometimes a ...

This piece follows the article on the important legal due diligence process you must perform when you intend to acquire a technology company. You can read the preceding article here: Checklist for Performing Legal Due Diligence of a Technology Business.
So you're looking to ...

So you're looking to acquire a technology company. You've looked at dozens of prospects, identified a suitable candidate, and both the buyer and seller have executed a letter of intent.
Now we get to the due diligence phase. This involves a thorough ...

Let's take a walk down memory lane to see how far Internet mergers & acquisitions deals have come. We can learn a great deal from the past because history will repeat itself.
I think the most effective way to explore this subject would be to ...